○ Slide in the opposing vertical and lock into place ○ Lock in the back side of the bottom shelf ○ Drop the bottom shelf onto the front friction cams and use the bottom of your fist to fit the bottom shelf firmly on to the rafix studs, which will lock it into place.
● Once a single unit is built, then the next unit can be built in the same fashion using the first as one of the verticals. ● Proceed in this fashion until the room is complete or you come to where a wall hung unit will abut the floor mounted unit.
● Install middle fixed shelves ● Check plumb, level, & gaps
○ Generally speaking, Perfect Spaces Closets prefers not to shim/level units. It can cause warranty issues over time and also, if a floor continues to be further and further out as you go down it, then the unit has to be jacked up higher and higher, which causes an even bigger problem. ○ Closet units do NOT have to be plumb & level. It is more important to make the units match the walls/house so that they look good than it is to have them be plumb & level. To the greatest extent possible, the installer should avoid shimming and leveling. ○ There are situations, however, where plumb & level is important, such as when drawers or doors will be installed into the unit. In these cases, then the most important thing is that the unit is plumb. Many times, if the unit is slightly out of level, the condition cannot be detected with the naked eye and is therefore not important. Out-of-plumb conditions, however, will cause doors and drawer faces to not line up and possibly drawers to not close properly. ○ Drawer faces can be installed in a slightly-out-of-level drawer bank. As long as the face edge matches the shelf edge and the reveals are even, then this is acceptable and preferable over shimming/leveling. ○ If leveling is necessary, then wooden shims can be used. If raising the unit more than a half inch is necessary, then blocking with TFL should be considered. Some type of trim should also be considered in these cases to hide the gaps that result from shimming & blocking. ○ If the installer feels that trim is necessary and wasn't included on the job, then the designer should be contacted as the out-of-level condition should have been noted on the original designs and baseboard or other trim should have been included in the job. ● Once the floor mounted unit(s) is where it's supposed to be, then secure the unit to the wall. ○ Top cleats get a 3" screw covered with a fastcap to secure it in place. Such holes should ALWAYS be countersunk. ■ An L-Bracket above the shelf can also be used in place of the 3" screw through the top cleat. This results in a cleaner installation. Either method is acceptable. ○ An L-Bracket can be installed under the bottom shelf to secure the unit to the wall at the bottom.
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